Hilf Mir Weiterzukommen: 10

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Mastering English Grammar

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Sentence structure
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"Exasperated by his poor internet connection, Michael let Isabella order the textbooks on his behalf." The word "order" is a/an... (Is this a repeat? Possibly. Possibly.)

Present participle

Past participle

Verb in the simple present tense

Infinitive

Which of the following illustrates a complete sentence?

Whatever.

Air ball!

Never!

Stop it!

Which of the following illustrate(s) the acceptable use of a sentence fragment?

Wow! That dress is beautiful on you.

LOL

Will the city council pass the ordinance? Probably.

All of the above illustrate acceptable uses of fragments.

In which of the following sentences are semicolons used appropriately?

The available colors are red, yellow, green; and a combination of orange, blue and gray.

Albert lived in campus housing; but his brother Elbert had an apartment in town.

Their new address is 4590 Spring Gardens Ave., Apt. 17; Philadelphia, PA.

The available color combinations are red, yellow and blue; green, orange and purple; and brown, black and gray.

Which of the following is an example of the CORRECT use of coordinate adjectives?

When she served the thick, fresh, coconut, cream pie for breakfast, he knew he was in love.

I drank from a tiny, old, badly-stained, chipped, porcelain, coffee cup.

The five, skinny, snarling, hungry dogs circled the rabbit.

Above us, the dark, rustling, fragrant, ageless trees stretched their canopy.

A fragment lacks one main component. What is it?

A coordinating conjuction

A subordinating conjunction

A subordinate clause

A main clause

Which of the following contains an example of a comma splice?

The contestants ate 10, 15, 20, and finally 25 hot dogs.

At first, I tried to be positive, but then my doubts kept building.

I'll bring the sandwiches; Jesse, you bring the beer.

Both cats are hunters, they bring their trophies home and leave them by the back door.

In a sentence in which the main verb is in the passive voice, the recipient of the verb's action is found...

After the verb

Either before or after the verb, depending upon the sentence

Before the verb

Neither before nor after the verb because the verb is not an action verb, so there is no recipient of the verb's action

Which of the following does NOT provide an example of a dangling modifier?

Relieved to have arrived at work on time, Sonya smiled confidently at her supervisor.

Tail drooping almost to the floor, Benito concluded that his dog was depressed.

Concerned about a strange noise coming from under the hood, the bus began to look more reliable than our car.

To prepare for the final exam, the professor encouraged her students to find a study partner.

"To find a way to make a suitcase light is very difficult." The word group "to find" is a/an...

Present participle

Gerund

Infinitive

Past participle

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